440 p. : 21 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 432) and index

Statement of the doctrine -- God has a plan -- The sovereignty of God -- The providence of God -- The foreknowledge of God -- Outline of systems -- The scriptures are the final authority by which systems are to be judged -- A warning against undue speculation -- The five points of Calvinism -- Total inability -- Unconditional election -- Limited atonement -- Efficacious grace -- The perseverance of the saints -- Objections commonly urged against the Reformed Doctrine of Predestination -- That it is fatalism -- That it is inconsistent with the free agency and moral responsibility of man -- That it makes God the author of sin -- That it discourages all motives to exertion -- That it represents God as a respecter of persons, or as unjustly partial -- That it is unfavorable to good morality -- That it precludes a sincere offer of the Gospel to the non-elect -- That it contradicts the universalistic scripture passages -- Salvation by grace -- Personal assurance that one is among the elect -- Predestination in the physical world -- A comparison with the Mohammedan Doctrine of Predestination -- The practical importance of the doctrine -- Calvinism in history

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